Travel Group Dubs Grand Canyon World's No. 1 'Must See' Site.

From: The Tribune (Mesa, Arizona) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune BusinessNews) | Date: August 27, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Donna Hogan

Aug. 27--The Grand Canyon is the top "must see" location in the world, according to the Society of American Travel Writers.

The journalists who check out all the hottest spots so they can tell travelers where to go, picked Arizona's natural wonder over such destinations as Paris and London and attractions such as the Pyramids of Europe and the Great Wall of China.

The boost to Arizona's prestige could help local tourism's battered bottom line, said Don Prince, deputy director of the Arizona Office of Tourism. Arizona hotels and other ...

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